Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes is all about nature and how nature works. In this poem, the example he uses is a hawk and its in the first person viewpoint of the hawk. The story goes from the hawk sitting at the top of a tree in the woods, and thinking of all the advantages that he has by being a hawk. In the fourth stanza, he flies up into the sky and towards the end of the poem, he swoops down to hunt his prey. In the last line, he states that he is happy with how his life is and he wants to stay this way and not change anything.
November 23, 2012 at 9:47 am
This is EXACTLY what I was hoping for from this task. I know it’s rather reductionist to reduce a poem to simply a narrative – but the reason I see the value in it as an exercise is simply that I believe some students are so quick to analysing the features and themes of a poem, that they forget to take notice of the simple meanings. This way, you’ll be able to see how the other aspects of the poem enhance and add nuance to it.
Nice work,
Mr Waugh